Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderOne of the most valuable books you can read for your career, in my opinion. The only other one is Designing Data Intensive Applications. (I used to have a few more but I'm narrowing down to just these two.)
\o/ ... a pleasant surprise to see this at the top of HN! If you have any feedback, questions, or suggestions on the contents of the book, please file an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/igrigorik/hpbn.co/issues
This is an amazing book. Almost all software engineers would benefit from a basic understanding of networking. Most networking books are in-depth and intimidating, especially the ones that get into the nuts and bolts of packet formats. This book on the other hand provides exactly what most software engineers need to know. It costs nothing to try it either.
A thread from 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16255745 2016: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11999649 (Links for the curious. Reposts are ok after a year: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html)
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 3
- Total points
- 570
- Total comments
- 58
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-29 | High Performance Browser NetworkingFirst breakout | tim_sw | 192 | 15 |
| 2017-04-21 | High Performance Browser Networking | madmax108 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-01-25 | Free Book – High Performance Browser Networking | Dangeranger | 5 | 0 |
| 2018-01-29 | High Performance Browser Networking (2013) | charlysl | 104 | 10 |
| 2018-09-23 | High Performance Browser Networking | melzarei | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-04-08 | High Performance Browser Networking (2013) | linouk23 | 44 | 3 |
| 2021-12-17 | Book: High Performance Browser Networking | KubikPixel | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-02-19 | High Performance Browser Networking (2013) | dp-hackernews | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-01-03 | High Performance Browser Networking | saikatsg | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-05-14 | High Performance Browser NetworkingBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | 0xDEF | 213 | 30 |
| 2025-12-06 | High Performance Browser Networking | udev4096 | 4 | 0 |